Outpatient Pharmacy Prescriptions During the First Year Following Serious Combat Injury: A Retrospective Analysis.

Introduction: Limited research has analyzed the full range of outpatient medication prescription activity following serious combat injury. The objectives of this study were to describe (1) outpatient medication prescriptions and refills during the first 12 months after serious combat injury, (2) longitudinal changes in medication prescriptions during the first-year postinjury, and (3) patient characteristics associated with outpatient prescriptions.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of existing health and pharmacy data for a random sample of U.